Business Analyst

Red Arch Solutions • Columbia, MD

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About The Position

Red Arch Solutions is seeking a Business Analyst to support a client in maturing and maintaining an IT managed service model, evolving an intelligence organization and its data to a hyperconverged cloud environment, improving organizational collaboration technology, and delivering a more agile operational architecture to the warfighter using commercial technology. As a Sr. Business Analyst, you will support Agile teams to help gather requirements, ensure delivery meets required needs, and ensure work will be accepted without any major issues.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Agile software development programs, preferably within DoD or IC environments
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• TS Active Clearance
• Proven experience translating mission and business needs into epics, features, and well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria in an Agile environment
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, and experience facilitating discussions to elicit requirements with business users
• Hands-on experience using JIRA, Confluence, and/or GitHub to manage backlogs, document requirements, and maintain traceability
• Strong ability to collaborate with product owners, engineers, and Scrum teams, supporting backlog refinement, sprint planning, and release activities
• Experience performing gap analyses and workflow analysis to define current vs. future state system capabilities
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing, system testing and validation, ensuring delivered functionality aligns with documented requirements

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements analysis and documentation activities such as: Gather, analyze, and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process observation; Translate business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications; Create comprehensive documentation including user stories, use cases, process flows, and system requirements; and Maintain requirements traceability throughout project lifecycles
• Conduct Process Analysis and Improvement Activities such as: Conduct gap analysis between current state and desired future state; Develop process maps, workflows, and standard operating procedures; etc.
• Engage in Stakeholder Management Activities such as: Collaborate with business users, project managers, developers, and other key stakeholders, etc.
• Perform Systems Analysis & Testing activities such as: Analyze system functionality and performance to ensure alignment with business requirements
• Conduct Data Analysis & Reporting Activities such as: Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to support decision-making

Benefits

• 100% paid employee healthcare premiums. CareFirst Advantage Best in Class Benefits.
• HaloScripts Concierge prescription medication service
• Generous PTO.
• 10 % 401K 6% match vested day one and up to 4% profit sharing contribution.
• Annualized bonus compensation.
• Spot bonuses for hard work.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 529 College Saving Plan.
• College Loan Pay Back Program.
• 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• Generous Referral Bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree